Samaraweera shot in chest: TV reports

NEW DELHI: Thilan Samaraweera and Tharanga Paranavitana were among the 6 cricketers injured in the attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore. TV reports say that Samaraweera has been shot in the chest and is being operated upon.
Unidentified gunmen targeted the team as it was entering the Gaddafi Stadium for the ongoing Test match against Pakistan.
A Sri Lankan foreign ministry official confirmed that two players, Thilan Samaraweera and Tharanga Paranavitana, have been hospitalized.He said 3-4 more players were slightly injured, including Kumara Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, and that the head coach, Australian Trevor Bayliss, also sustained minor injuries. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Duleep Mendis said that double centurion Samaraweera and Paranavitana were wounded when they were entering the match venue.
Team captain Mahela Jayawardene's father said his son had just called his wife from Lahore to say that he too had suffered minor injuries in his leg during the attack that has shocked the world.
"We were just informed that our players were shot at while travelling to the match venue at Lahore. We are very concerned about the incident," Sri Lankan Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge said.
Six policemen escorting the team bus were killed in the attack that took place as the team was travelling to the Lahore venue to resume the second day's play of the second and last Test match.